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Introducing Lenox James Essman

Thor & Joan are proud to announce the birth of their son Lenox on August 18th, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.

We're expecting!

Thor & Joan are expecting their second child on August 25th, 2010

Introducing Selena Madeline Essman

Thor & Joan are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Selena on April 30th, 2008 at 5:51pm in Melbourne, Australia.

Moving to Melbourne

After 5 1/2.years of living in beautiful Sydney, the Essman family are moving to Melbourne

So that's what's been missing

After nearly 5 years, we finally got a dog, and instantly I've realised how much I've missed having one.  Welcome Loki!.

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For any further info please contact Thor directly.

Biography

Thor Essman is currently working for NAB Wholesale, a division of the National Australia Bank, as Chief Technology Officer. Thor is originally from New York but currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife Joan, daughter Selena and newborn son Lenox.

Thor's career began in corporate finance and technology at the Chase Manhattan Bank. From there he moved moving into online strategy and development space in senior leadership positions at Merrill Lynch and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jeanrette, EMI Music, Opus360 and Vettro, Thor was able to build a strong foundation and professional network in the e-Commerce and online sector.

In 2001, Thor invested in and co founded Adilon, a web application development and professional services company focusing on application, server and network management. Adilon developed, implemented and managed custom software and services to automate the consolidation and management of heterogeneous operating environments.

He joined the mobile communications industry in Sydney in 2003 and took a position with SingTel Optus as Manager of Web Applications. Thor would later become General Manager IT Shared Services responsible for all application development, testing, integration, corporate systems (ERP/CRM/HR), data warehousing and network systems.

His involvements outside of work are spending time with his kids, motorcycles, public speaking, rugby union, technology research and advising technology startups.